Trump Sees Potential 'Commonality' on Infrastructure Legislation if Democrats Win House Majority
President Donald Trump views infrastructure legislation as an area of potential “commonality” with Democrats if the party wins control of the House in the November elections, he said during a Thursday Fox News interview. Trump administration officials have been quietly…
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exploring potentially revisiting its infrastructure legislative proposal after the next Congress convenes in January, with Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy Matt Lira raising the prospect during a September 5G summit (see 1809280054 and 1810100049). “I think [the GOP is] going to be successful” in the November elections but “if we lose the majority in the House, which is always a possibility, we will just have to fight it out,” Trump said during the Fox interview. “Can we get along? Maybe” on some issues. The Democrats “want infrastructure, I want infrastructure,” Trump said. “There's something that can bring us together.”